Last confirmed: TCU, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 213 lb · Longview, TX
Travin Howard: LB · TCU · #32.
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Travin Howard
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Third year in the TCU linebacker corps. On tape: 15 tackles against Oklahoma, Week 14, 2017.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
95 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 6.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-0vs Jackson State | 6 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-7@ Arkansas | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-36vs SMU | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-31@ No. 6 Oklahoma State | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs No. 23 West Virginia | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-6@ Kansas State | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 43-0vs Kansas | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-14@ No. 25 Iowa State | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs Texas | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-41@ No. 2 Oklahoma | 15 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 15 tackles |
 Bowl | W 39-37vs No. 15 Stanford | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 95 | 52 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
95tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
7%7 pass breakups95 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Gary Patterson — 28-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 7.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 9.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gary Patterson
Pass share
45.6%
430 pass / 513 run
Plays / game
67.4
14 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
454 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
95 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at TCU, 225 tackles — drafted at #231 overall by the Los Angeles Rams.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Gary Patterson.
Where he ended up · NFL
Los Angeles RamsEntering 9th NFL season
Los Angeles RamsEntering 9th NFL season
